If you ever find yourself boiling hot dogs on the stove, put that steam to work heating and softening your buns.

While spiral cutting hot dogs and grilling them might yield the best results, boiling dogs is a fine alternative when it's too cold to grill outdoors, and the steam from the pot is great for warming up your buns. All you have to do is rest a strainer or upside-down straining pot lid on top of the pot, and set the buns inside for a few seconds.